SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 15

          Certification and Notice of Termination of Registration under
             Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or
              Suspension of Duty to File Reports Under Sections 13
                    and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
                                    of 1934.

                                              Commission File Number 0-26384

                          Center Financial Corporation
             60 North Main Street, Waterbury, CT 06702 (203)578-7000

                          Common Stock, par value $1.00
            (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

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  (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports
                      under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

         Please  place an X in the box(es) to  designate  the  appropriate  rule
provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

         Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i). . .    [X]      Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii). . .[ ]
         Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii) . .    [ ]      Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i) . . .[ ]
         Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i). . .    [ ]      Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii). . .[ ]
         Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii) . .    [ ]      Rule 15d-6. . . . . . . .[ ]
         Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i). . .    [X]

           Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification
 or notice date:

                                 Common Stock: 1
         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
First Union Corporation, as successor by merger to Center Financial Corporation,
has  caused  this  certification/notice  to be  signed  on  its  behalf  by  the
undersigned duly authorized person.

                                   First Union Corporation, as successor
                                   by merger to Center Financial
                                   Corporation


DATE: November 13, 1996            BY: /s/ Kent S. Hathaway
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                                      Kent S. Hathaway
                                      Senior Vice President